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Former Blue Peter presenter Lindsey Russell’s new show on Heart

In a refresh of its schedule for the new year, Heart’s weekday early breakfast show will be hosted by Lindsey Russell. Lindsey was a presenter on Blue Peter from 2013 until 2021 and last January joined Heart to host weekend shows. From today, she will host every Monday – Friday from 4am to 6.30am...

Publication date: 02.01.2023

JACK fm books a theatre show for Dom Joly to perform

Dom is finishing his UK tour with his biggest theatre show yet in Oxford booked by the bosses at JACK fm. The comedian has been the voice of JACK fm since July, and also hosts a weekend show on the station. Supporting his tour, JACK fm is hoping Dom will sell out his last show at the New Theatre Oxford on 20th January 2023...

Publication date: 23.12.2022

Martin Samuel joins talkSPORT for weekly sports news show

Sports journalist Martin Samuel is joining News UK to work at The Times and also co-host a weekly show on talkSPORT. In addition, Martin will appear as a contributor on TalkTV/TalkRadio and talkSPORT’s breakfast show from January 11th 2023. Martin will pen his views in weekly columns on all the big sporting stories. He will also write across the news pages and magazines – both digitally and in print – for The Times and The Sunday Times throughout the year...

Publication date: 21.12.2022

Over 10,000 gifts collected in the kmfm Christmas gift campaign

kmfm and Kent-based company Bargain Hunter UK have delivered over 10,000 toys in their ‘Give A Gift’ campaign this year. ‘Give A Gift’ started on air Monday 7th November and ended on Sunday 27th November with the team reporting the biggest year ever for donations. Deliveries started on Monday 5th December and were completed on Friday 16th December...

Publication date: 20.12.2022

Bono tells Chris Evans how his parents shaped his career

U2’s Bono has spoken about how grateful he is that his parents helped shape the man, and the musician he became. The Irish singer made the remarks when he appeared on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio to discuss his new biography Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story...

Publication date: 19.12.2022

Pete Waterman back on air over Christmas on Virgin Radio 80s Plus

Producer and DJ Pete Waterman is to present two special shows on Virgin Radio 80s Plus over the festive season. The 80s legend will be live on Christmas Eve from 6pm to 10pm, and New Year’s Eve 8pm to Midnight. Both programmes will be classic 80s Party Shows. Best known as part of the top songwriting team Stock Aitken Waterman, Pete started his career as a DJ...

Publication date: 16.12.2022

Sonny Jay exits Capital Breakfast to host the Capital Late Show

Sonny Jay is leaving the Capital Breakfast show after five years to host the late-night slot on the station. He’s been on Breakfast alongside Roman Kemp and Sian Welby (and Vick Hope before her) since 2018, which went national in 2019 replacing local and regional Capital breakfast shows. Since October, the show has seen Chris Stark join from BBC Radio 1 meaning four presenters on-air every morning...

Publication date: 15.12.2022

James Norton tells Chris Evans about playing Happy Valley villain

Actor James Norton joined Chris Evans on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show this morning. He was there to talk about returning as Tommy Lee Royce in the hotly anticipated third and final series of Happy Valley. It’s six years since series two ended and the third launches on New Year’s Day on BBC One. James returns to play psychopath and violent criminal Tommy, who has been in prison since series one...

Publication date: 13.12.2022

Owen Warner reunites with Chris Moyles then gets pranked!

I’m A Celeb runner up Owen Warner joined his jungle campmate Chris Moyles on Radio X this morning. The Hollyoaks actor spoke about the effects of being in the jungle and Chris thought it might be fun to wind him up a little too! They were both talking about putting weight back on since returning home when Chris said that he’d put back most of what he’d lost...

Publication date: 13.12.2022

Chris Moyles returns to Radio X after his stint in the jungle

Chris returned to his Breakfast Show this morning for the first time in six weeks after being on ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! He was given the red carpet treatment by the team and they toasted him with champagne as he walked through the studio door. They also gave him a spanner in honour of his Boiling Point Bushtucker Trial where he had to unscrew stars with spanners, but only managed to get one...

Publication date: 02.12.2022